Nekhen was the name of the third Upper Egyptian nome (province). Nekhen is also the Egyptian name of Hierakonpolis, one of the main towns in the province...

A nome (/noʊm/, from Ancient Greek: νομός, nomós, "district") was a territorial division in ancient Egypt. Each nome was ruled by a nomarch (Ancient Egyptian:...

𓈸 NU3 U+13238 Nome sign with emblem of Nekhen Shrine (Nekhen) (nḫn) 3rd Nome of Upper Egypt (NU003), Nekhen (nome) 𓈹 NU4 U+13239 Nome sign with Was-scepter...

falcon head. The earliest recorded form of Horus is the tutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically related...

in the "main deposit" in the temple area of the ancient Egyptian city of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) by James Quibell in 1898. It is dated to the Early Dynastic...

Nehmetawy Nehsi Neith Neith (wife of Pepi II) Neithhotep Nekauba Nekhbet Nekhen Nekhen (nome) Nemes Nemty Neni Neoptolemus (general) Neper (mythology) Nepherites...

sole friend, king's acquaintance, who is in the chamber, who belongs to Nekhen and overlord of Nekheb, but also overseer of troops at all secret places...

sole friend, king's acquaintance, who is in the chamber, who belongs to Nekhen and overlord of Nekheb,. Not much is known about his family. However, the...

fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. Nome List of provinces ('nomes') of ancient Egypt. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/. Retrieved on 2016-03-05...

after the classical period. The main city of prehistoric Upper Egypt was Nekhen. The patron deity was the goddess Nekhbet, depicted as a vulture. By approximately...

the Nile River northeast of Assiut (5 km). It was the capital of the 12th Nome of Upper Egypt. The town was centered on the Temple of Nemty, the god Nemty...

(meaning "He of Andjet") is a local ancient Egyptian deity of the ninth nome, centered at Andjet, which was known as Busiris to the Greeks. This deity...

the early 12th Dynasty. He was a local governor (a nomarch) of the nome of Nekhen, and is so far only known from his rock-cut tomb at Elkab, where he...

Shield Nome 6: Mountain bull Nome 7: West harpoon Nome 8: East harpoon Nome 9: Andjety Nome 10: Black bull Nome 11: Heseb bull Nome 12: Calf and Cow Nome 13:...

Macehead and the Narmer Maceheads, also found together in the main deposit at Nekhen, the Narmer Palette provides one of the earliest known depictions of an...

late identification of Nephthys as the supreme goddess of Upper Egyptian Nome VII, where another shrine existed in honor of the Bennu. Nephthys also was...

Naqada itself which had been suffering a two joint offensive by Thinis and Nekhen. The conflict occurred on Naqada's northernmost frontier, in the middle...

managed to become haty-a ("prince" or "mayor") of Nekhen, the capital of the third Upper Egyptian nome. He also had authority in Wawat (Lower Nubia) and...

by archeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green in a temple at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) during the dig season of 1897–1898. It is currently on display...

the Oryx nome, hereditary prince and count, wearer of the royal seal, sole companion, and was also in charge of an important office at Nekhen. He married...

Egyptian nobleman, administrator, and military commander. The nomarch of Nekhen and a supporter of the pharaoh in Heracleopolis Magna (10th Dynasty), which...

particularly at Abydos. By around 2060 BC, Intef II had defeated the governor of Nekhen, allowing further expansion south, toward Elephantine. His successor, Intef...

Ebōt) is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt. It is located about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) west of the...

dynasty - Nefertari - Nefertem - Nefertiti - Nehebkau - Neith - Nekhbet - Nekhen - Neper (mythology) - Nephthys - Neter-khertet - New Kingdom - Nile - Nile...

counterpart of the god Anubis. She is also a goddess of the seventeenth nome of Upper Egypt. She is also considered the protector of the body of Osiris...

Antaeopolis, but also in Per-Nemty (House of Nemty) in the 12th Upper Egyptian nome. Nemty appears in the tale The Contendings of Horus and Seth which describes...

wearing white crowns in the eleventh division of Tuat The Souls of Pe and Nekhen – A set of gods personifying the predynastic rulers of Upper and Lower Egypt...

as Lord of the East, and had his greatest cult centre at the easternmost nome of Lower Egypt, which was named Per-Sopdu, meaning place of Sopdu. He also...

excavated the pallet during their 1897–98 dig season at the Temple of Horus at Nekhen. The reverse of the Palette depicts a kneeling captive, "un-Egyptian in...

Stephen (3 June 2016). Mysterious Lands. Routledge. ISBN 9781315423807. "The Nomes of Lower Egypt". ancientegyptonline.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018. Budge...